Afghanistan Flashcards
What are the 3 major regions in Afghanistan?
Central Highlands, Southwestern Plateau, and Northern Plains.
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
What is the 2 main languages?
Pashto and Dari
What are the three different types of people who live in Afghanistan.
Pashtun, Tajik, and Hazara
What are the percentages of the Pashtun, Tajik, and Hazara people?
Pashtun = 38%, Tajik = 25%, Hazara = 19%
Is Afghanistan one of the richest countries, or poorest?
Poorest
What type of landscape is it in the north and south?
North = Mountains, South = Desert
What is the name of the mountain chain along the eastern side of the Himalayas?
Hindu Kush
What is the highest peak?
Mount Noshaq
What size is Afghanistan referred to?
Texas
What does it mean when you are surrounded by countries?
Land locked
Who is Ahmad Shah Durrani?
Uniter of the Muslim tribes
What year was it when the Taliban bombed NYC?
2001
What is the Taliban?
A group of Muslim extremists that controlled Afghanistan from 1996-2001
What is the Silk Route?
A trade route that connected Asia to Europe
What is Buzkashi?
A traditional Afghanistan game where you have to get a goat carcass over the finish line.
What is a Burqa?
A veil to cover the entire women’s body
What is a Hijab?
What women wear to cover their head
What is a Hijab?
What women wear to cover their head
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
He is responsible for the 9/11 attack. Leader of Al Qaeda.
Who is Mohammed Omar?
Leader of the Taliban
What is the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan?
What the Taliban calls Afghanistan
How many countries border Afghanistan?What are three of those countries?
6, Pakistan, Iran, and Uzbekistan.
What is the religion? What percent of the people living there participate in the religion?
Islam, 99%
How many years did the Soviet Union and USA have troops in Afghanistan?
10 years
How much rain does the northern and southern part of Afghanistan usually have.
North = 13 in, South = 6 in
What does Arable mean?
Not being able to grow crops
What country touches Afghanistan the most?
Pakistan
What country touches Afghanistan the least?
China
